5/21/10

Photo by Ditte M. Joensen
I DJ different sorts of danceable musics when I'm using the üBERNöRD moniker. This is the 2nd in a series of DJ mix blog posts where I will A) post a new mix and B) write a line or two about it.

"Brothers And Sisters Dancing In The Street Mix" is a brand new mix that consists of old school hip hop, soul classics, 80's pop, suitable remixes and a sprinkle of new stuff. It's summertime, it's friday, so there you go :)

Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat, summer's here, and the time is right, for dancing in the street!

”While the whole European tradition strives for regularity – of pitch, of time, of timbre and of vibration – the African tradition strives for precisely the negation of these elements. In language, the African tradition aims at circumlocution rather than at exact definition. The direct statement is considered crude and unimaginative; the veiling of all contents in ever-changing paraphrases is considered the criterion of intelligence and personality. In music, the same tendency towards obliquity and ellipsis is noticeable; no note is attacked straight; the voice or instrument always approaches it from above or below, plays around the implied pitch without ever remaining on it for any length of time, and departs from it without ever having committed itself to a single meaning. The timbre is veiled and paraphrased by constantly changing vibrato, tremolo, and overtone effects. The timing and accentuation, finally, are not stated, but implied or suggested”.
-Ernest Borneman, The Roots of Jazz, 1959